What does שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālwōš) mean in the Bible?
שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālwōš): Cardinal number marking completion or divine testing; foundational to covenant witness and resurrection typology in Scripture.
Hebrew · H7969
שָׁלוֹשׁ
Three ; occasionally (ordinal) third , or (multiple) thrice
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שָׁלוֹשׁ H7969
Pronunciation šālwōš
What does שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālwōš) mean in the Bible?
שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālwōš): Cardinal number marking completion or divine testing; foundational to covenant witness and resurrection typology in Scripture.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7969?
The BSB source-word alignment has 430 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include three (119), . . . (46), for three (23), and three (21), The three (15).
Where does שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālwōš) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 5:22. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Chronicles (40), Numbers (37), Exodus (35), 2 Chronicles (33).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It three 119× Genesis 6:10, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:6
. . . 46× Genesis 11:15, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 46:15, Exodus 38:26
for three 23× Genesis 42:17, Exodus 2:2, Exodus 10:22, Exodus 15:22
and three 21× Exodus 25:32, Exodus 27:1, Exodus 27:14, Exodus 27:15
The three 15× Genesis 40:12, Genesis 40:18, Joshua 15:14, Judges 7:8
In the third 8× 1 Kings 15:28, 1 Kings 15:33, 2 Kings 18:1, 2 Chronicles 17:7
and the three 5× Genesis 7:13, 2 Kings 25:18, 1 Chronicles 2:16, 2 Chronicles 8:13
with three 5× Exodus 27:14, Exodus 27:15, Exodus 38:14, Exodus 38:15
a three-day 4× Genesis 30:36, Exodus 3:18, Exodus 5:3, Exodus 8:27
in three 4× 1 Samuel 13:17, 1 Kings 7:4, 1 Kings 7:5, Isaiah 16:14
the thirteenth 4× 1 Chronicles 24:13, 1 Chronicles 25:20, Esther 3:13, Jeremiah 25:3
thirteen 4× Joshua 19:6, Joshua 21:4, Joshua 21:19, Joshua 21:33
three [in all] 4× 1 Chronicles 3:23, 1 Chronicles 23:8, 1 Chronicles 23:9, 1 Chronicles 23:23
three-tenths [of an ephah] 4× Numbers 28:20, Numbers 28:28, Numbers 29:3, Numbers 29:9
300,000 {} 3× 1 Samuel 11:8, 2 Chronicles 17:14, 2 Chronicles 25:5
are three 3× Genesis 40:12, Genesis 40:18, Proverbs 30:15
into three 3× Judges 7:16, Judges 9:43, 1 Samuel 11:11
of the three 3× 2 Samuel 23:17, 1 Chronicles 11:19, 1 Chronicles 11:20
of three-tenths [of an ephah] 3× Leviticus 14:10, Numbers 15:9, Numbers 29:14
On the thirteenth 3× Esther 3:12, Esther 9:1, Esther 9:18
So the three 3× Numbers 12:4, 2 Samuel 23:16, 1 Chronicles 11:18
There were three 3× Exodus 37:19, 1 Kings 7:4, Ezekiel 40:10
there will be three 3× Ezekiel 48:32, Ezekiel 48:33, Ezekiel 48:34
[He also made] three 2× 1 Kings 10:17, 2 Chronicles 9:16
[numbered] 392 2× Ezra 2:58, Nehemiah 7:60
3,000 {} 2× 1 Chronicles 12:29, Job 1:3
300 2× Genesis 5:22, Ezra 8:5
320 2× Ezra 2:32, Nehemiah 7:35
337,500 2× Numbers 31:36, Numbers 31:43
345 2× Ezra 2:34, Nehemiah 7:36
372 2× Ezra 2:4, Nehemiah 7:9
390 2× Ezekiel 4:5, Ezekiel 4:9
along with [the] Three 2× 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 11:20
along with the three 2× 2 Samuel 23:22, 1 Chronicles 11:24
among the Three 2× 2 Samuel 23:19, 1 Chronicles 11:21
and 3,600 2× 2 Chronicles 2:2, 2 Chronicles 2:18
every three 2× 2 Chronicles 9:21, Amos 4:4
one of the Three 2× 2 Samuel 23:23, 1 Chronicles 11:12
or three 2× 2 Kings 9:32, Isaiah 17:6
the twenty-third 2× 1 Chronicles 24:18, 1 Chronicles 25:30
three things 2× Exodus 21:11, Proverbs 30:21
within three 2× 2 Samuel 20:4, Ezra 10:8
you three [options] 2× 2 Samuel 24:12, 1 Chronicles 21:10
- 1× 1 Samuel 17:13
. . . 53,400 1× Numbers 26:47
(that is, 1× Joshua 17:11
[and] 300 1× 2 Chronicles 14:9
[is to be] 300 1× Genesis 6:15
[numbered] 13 1× 1 Chronicles 26:11
[only] three 1× 2 Kings 13:19
[requiring] a three-day 1× Jonah 3:3
[the descendants of] the three 1× Judges 1:20
[there will be] three 1× Ezekiel 48:31
[was] the thirteenth 1× Esther 8:12
[was] thirteen 1× Ezekiel 40:11
[were allotted] thirteen 1× 1 Chronicles 6:62
133 1× Exodus 6:18
23,000 {} 1× Numbers 26:62
3,000 [people] 1× 2 Chronicles 25:13
3,023 {} 1× Jeremiah 52:28
3,300 {} 1× 1 Kings 5:16
3,630 1× Ezra 2:35
3,700 1× 1 Chronicles 12:27
3,930 1× Nehemiah 7:38
323 1× Ezra 2:17
324 1× Nehemiah 7:23
328 1× Nehemiah 7:22
350 1× Genesis 9:28
360 1× 2 Samuel 2:31
365 1× Genesis 5:23
403 1× Genesis 11:13
53,400 1× Numbers 2:30
a third [of a shekel] 1× 1 Samuel 13:21
about three 1× Exodus 32:28
against [Job’s] three 1× Job 32:3
along with a three-year-old 1× 1 Samuel 1:24
along with three-tenths [of an ephah] 1× Numbers 28:12
and 300 1× 2 Chronicles 35:8
and about three 1× Judges 16:27
and for three 1× Exodus 10:23
and his three 1× 1 Samuel 31:8
and on the twenty-third [day] 1× Esther 8:9
and they journeyed three days 1× Numbers 33:8
And when the three 1× Judges 7:22
are three [things] 1× Proverbs 30:18
are three things 1× Proverbs 30:29
As one of the three 1× 2 Samuel 23:9
Ben-hadad three 1× 2 Kings 13:25
but in the thirteenth 1× Genesis 14:4
every three years 1× 1 Kings 10:22
for the third 1× Exodus 19:15
for those three 1× Numbers 10:33
his officer 1× 2 Kings 9:25
his three 1× 1 Samuel 31:6
In response, three 1× Judges 15:11
in the thirteenth 1× Jeremiah 1:2
in three levels 1× Ezekiel 41:6
is the third 1× Judges 16:15
Its three 1× Ezekiel 40:21
numbered 3,200 1× Numbers 4:44
numbered 43,730 1× Numbers 26:7
numbered 53,400 1× Numbers 1:43
of 300,000 men 1× 2 Chronicles 14:8
of 307,500 1× 2 Chronicles 26:13
of every three 1× Deuteronomy 14:28
of the thirteen 1× Numbers 29:14
of thirteen 1× Numbers 29:13
of three 1× 2 Kings 18:10
on a three-day 1× Numbers 10:33
or even three times 1× Job 33:29
plus 3,000 1× 2 Chronicles 35:7
received thirteen 1× Joshua 21:6
Select three 1× Numbers 35:14
So about three 1× Joshua 7:4
So they had thirteen 1× 1 Chronicles 6:60
So within the three 1× Ezra 10:9
sufficient for three 1× Leviticus 25:21
the 273 1× Numbers 3:46
the ground three 1× 2 Kings 13:18
their three 1× Job 1:4
Then three 1× 1 Kings 22:1
There are to be three 1× Exodus 25:33
These three 1× 1 Chronicles 2:3
This was done on the thirteenth 1× Esther 9:17
took thirteen 1× 1 Kings 7:1
twenty-third 1× Jeremiah 52:30
twenty-three 1× Jeremiah 25:3
vvv 1× Amos 4:8
was 123 1× Numbers 33:39
was eighty-three 1× Exodus 7:7
was thirteen 1× Genesis 17:25
was three 1× 2 Kings 25:17
was twenty-three 1× 2 Chronicles 36:2
were three 1× Genesis 40:10
who were three 1× 2 Chronicles 31:16
with a three-pronged 1× 1 Samuel 2:13
with his three 1× 1 Chronicles 10:6
With the three 1× Judges 7:7
with their three 1× Ezekiel 41:16
You three 1× Numbers 12:4
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 5:22 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ to 300 Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 5:23 וּשְׁלֹ֥שׁ to 365 Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 6:10 שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה to three Number - masculine singular Genesis 6:15 שְׁלֹ֧שׁ to [is to be] 300 Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 7:13 וּשְׁלֹ֧שֶׁת to and the three Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct Genesis 9:19 שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה to three Number - masculine singular Genesis 9:28 שְׁלֹ֤שׁ to 350 Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 11:13 שָׁלֹ֣שׁ to 403 Number - feminine singular Genesis 11:15 שָׁלֹ֣שׁ to . . . Number - feminine singular Genesis 14:4 וּשְׁלֹשׁ־ to but in the thirteenth Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 5:22
Aligned rows 430
Books represented 25
Genesis 29 Exodus 35 Leviticus 5 Numbers 37 Deuteronomy 9 Joshua 16 Judges 19 1 Samuel 25 2 Samuel 22 1 Kings 27 2 Kings 20 1 Chronicles 40 2 Chronicles 33 Ezra 20 Nehemiah 14 Esther 10 Job 10 Proverbs 4 Isaiah 3 Jeremiah 8 Ezekiel 20 Daniel 9 Amos 11 Jonah 3 Zechariah 1
Source forms
שְׁלֹ֥שׁ 29x šə·lōš Genesis 5:22, Genesis 17:25, Joshua 21:4, Joshua 21:6
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת 24x šə·lō·šeṯ Genesis 30:36, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:19, Exodus 8:27
שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה 23x šə·lō·šāh Genesis 6:10, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 29:34, Genesis 40:10
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת 20x šə·lō·šeṯ Genesis 40:12, Genesis 40:18, Genesis 42:17, Exodus 10:22
שָׁלֹ֣שׁ 19x šā·lōš Genesis 11:13, Genesis 11:15, Exodus 23:14, Leviticus 19:23
שְׁלֹשׁ־ 16x šə·lōš- Numbers 31:36, Numbers 31:43, Joshua 19:6, Joshua 21:19
שָׁלֹ֥שׁ 13x šā·lōš Exodus 7:7, Exodus 23:17, Exodus 34:23, Exodus 34:24
שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה 12x šə·lō·šāh Genesis 9:19, Exodus 2:2, Numbers 3:43, Numbers 29:13
Parsing patterns
Number - masculine singular 101x Genesis 6:10, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 29:2
Number - feminine singular 71x Genesis 11:13, Genesis 11:15, Exodus 6:18, Exodus 7:7
Number - masculine singular construct 71x Genesis 30:36, Genesis 40:12, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:18
Number - feminine singular construct 63x Genesis 5:22, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 9:28, Genesis 17:25
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular 33x Exodus 25:32, Exodus 25:33, Exodus 37:18, Exodus 37:19
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular 16x Genesis 46:15, Exodus 27:1, Exodus 38:1, Judges 10:2
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct 12x Genesis 5:23, Genesis 14:4, Genesis 14:14, Numbers 1:23
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct 11x Genesis 7:13, Exodus 38:26, Leviticus 12:4, Numbers 1:46
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Cardinal number marking completion or divine testing; foundational to covenant witness and resurrection typology in Scripture.
Source Gloss
three ; occasionally (ordinal) third , or (multiple) thrice
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Cardinal number marking completion or divine testing; foundational to covenant witness and resurrection typology in Scripture.
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice BDB: a three Usage: fork, often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, thrice. Compare 7991.
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain